Darcey Bussell is undergoing treatment after a foot injury forced her to abandon her Royal Opera House performance of the Royal Ballet's new production of The Sleeping Beauty.

Darcey Bussell is undergoing treatment after a foot injury forced her to abandon her Royal Opera House performance of the Royal Ballet's new production of The Sleeping Beauty.

Bussell withdrew in the last moments of Saturday's performance because she was in so much pain she could barely walk. Dancer Marianela Nunez, who had been waiting in the wings, was drafted in to dance Bussell's part as Princess Aurora.